Opinion: Getting Trump’s tax returns is only the beginning
A 2016 tweet from Donald Trump. By Paul Waldman Paul Waldman Opinion writer covering politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer April 4 at 12:20 PM After weeks of rising and vocal frustration from liberals over the seemingly inexplicable delay from House Democrats in making a formal demand for President Trump’s tax returns, the day has finally arrived:
The IRS was given until April 10 to respond. The panel’s chairman was able to make the request because of a 1924 law that gives the chairmen of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee broad powers to request and receive the tax returns of any American. But it’s much more likely that the returns will point the way toward conflicts of interest, associations with questionable characters both foreign and domestic, and perhaps even criminal activity.
Privately, Trump has told White House advisers that he does not plan to hand over his tax returns to Congress — and that he would fight the issue to the Supreme Court, hoping to stall it until after the 2020 election, according to two administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the conversations. Treasury officials will not comply with the request until they are compelled to do so, the officials said.
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